The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-20

| IL u priced and classified photography. for easy
reference, OF the more important English and
American publications for tho five years end
ing Dec. l. 1886. 1t has been prepared with
excellent judgment and must prove invalu-
| able to literary men and book buyers.
Fifteen Years in the Chapel Of Yale Col
leRe" tScribners) Is tho title OF volume OF
| eighteen discourses by ex-President Noah
| Porter, most OF which were delivered as Bac-
| calaureate sermons to classes graduating dur
| Ing his term OF Office. They are more or less
| philosophical In treatment. and II some appear
too positive or polemical in tone the author
explains that the occasions for writing them
| justified him in making them 80.
| Pauline @. Lane has translated from the Ger
man Of Richard Leander German Fantasies
| by French Firesides" tPutnamsl The author.
distinguished surgeon OF the day. was at
tached during the siege OF Paris in 1901 to
the Fourth German Army Corps. and during
| the long winter evenings occupied himself
| with writing the charming stories contained In
the volume before us. They are infused with
graceful and delicate fancy, and most OF them
point q salutary moral.
A useful book for amateur astronomers is
Mr.. Richard A. Proctor's Half Hours with the
Stars " tPutnams). companion volume to his
Easy Star Lessons" 1t shows, in twelve
maps, the position for tho United States of the
piih'ibhi BIOL SioupS uibut thioukh-
out the year, with an introduction and a sep
arate explanation OF each map. Tho maps are
remarkably distinct. and the manner In which
the whole work has been produced reflects
credit upon both author and publisher.
The Harpors will publish this week volume.
illustrating tho technical skill and artistic feel
ing OF American engravers. 1t is to be enti-
tied " EnGravings on Wood by Members of the
Society of American Wood Engravers." and
tho examples that have been selected will rep
resent. in the form of plate proofs the best work
Of our most accomplished engravers. Among
the latter will be found the names of Bern
strom, Closson, Cole. Davis. johnson, Kingsley
Muller, Putnam, Tinkey. Wolf. and others. An
edition de lure of 1l2 copies was subscribed for
before publication. The popular edition.
printed on fine paper and elegantly bound, will
mark an era in American nrt history.
LegGat Brothers send US n volume by
George A. Young entitled "Whatever Is Was"
which attacks the evolution philosophy and
theories OF Herbert Spencer and Darwin, pre-
sents a new theory for the origin or formation
the world and Species and processes to point
out where alone the missing link can be found.
This he locates in some creature which, by
adapting its reasoning faculties to special
cases which result in special actions being in
stituted completes the chain that reaches
across the great chasm which yawns between
the mammal, man. and all other living organ
isms." Tho ant" says Sir John Lubbock.
has fair chance to rank next to man in the
scale of intelligence" and accordingly. says
Mr.. Young, to that busy insect must we go to
discover the missing link. Much of this book
is written in Il fippant style, which is neither
humorous nor convincing.
Institutes Of Christian History" "a. Nc
Clur@ & Coz is the title bestowed upon a series
OF eight lectures delivered by A. Cleveland
Coke. Bishop Of western New York. before the
Hobart Guild of the University OF Michigan.
This organization possesses an endowment
fund similar to that Of the hampton Lecture
ship at Oxford. and the series by Bishop Coke
is the first annual installment of what arc to
be known as the Baldwin Lectures. 1t is
brief but clear summary Of the history of
Christianity. written from the point Of view of
an earnest Anglican divine. who defends his
church from the aspersions Of writer's of other
religious communions more particularly
Roman Catholics. In all that tho Bishop has
to say about the origin OF the Church Of Eng
land and the vicissitudes that have occasion
ally ovcrtaken her he appears at his best. His
volume is intended mainly for Episcopalians
by whom it is likely to be appreciated.
"Zorah." by Elizabeth Balch Couples & Hurd,
is a story Of modern Egypt. glowing with
oTleltti IdIcy anu lHluStTy, anu lHcllfllnp 10
sensationalism in the sanguinnry character
OF some of the incidents, which suggest the
golden prime OF IIaroun al Raschid rather
than the semi Frankish reign OF ex-Khedive
1smail Pasha. The characters are numerous
and strikingly drawn, and several of Them
such as lsmail and tho Empress EugGnc, are
historical Edith Vance. the beautiful daugh- |
ter of an English contractor. is made to marry |
the fascinating Mustapha Bey a Mohammedan
Arab, master Of ceremonies at the Egyptian
court. and sngulary minded for an
Oriental But before this result is reached the
lovers encounter pcrs OF various kinds; in
trigues and demonstrations dog their footsteps,
and they arc glad to cscano from Egypt with |
whole skins. Tho character Of Zorah, the de-
voted and unsclGsh slave girl. is Il mastery
conception, and lends special interest to |
every page of the story. We do not learn that |
the handsome NIustapha was ever converted |
to the Christian religion.
A little book entitled Il Big Wages and How |
to Earn Them. by Foreman" Uiarper's, tells |
some wholesome truths to workinGmen |
in temperate language. and is marked !
by an unusual degree of candor and inte- |
gcnce. The audience which the author adj |
dresses is composed. he says. of such men, |
bers of labor unions as have become dis |
satisfied with the Improbable and oppressive |
majority Of skilled mechanics: men who have |
been employed in one place for many years. |
and do not complain OF the treatment they
have received. He has clearly stated the prom
inent defects OF existing labor unions. and pre-
sentcd plan OF his own for an organization. |
which, whiie lookingaftert the interests Of work
ingmen. shall do no injustice to employers.
His views on this subject are very well worth |
reading. "DemnGogues" he says, glory in n
battle between capital and labor. We work.
insmen must abstain from following this en-
ample. and must not he misled by its feeble ar
Guments, for the reason that We also belong to
tho capitalists OF tho world Savings banks
and life insurance companies are the deposit
tories Of the workingmen's capital. and the
sum OF this exceeds the available capital Of
the rich. The man whose house you help to
build, and to whom you look up as a rich capt.
talist, is building it, in part mt least, with your
money. which has been loaned to him by tho
bank in which you deposit There Is no such
thing rs n battle between labor and capital"